Neck-yoke attachment



May 22, 1928.

L. D. c. MCNEILL NECK YOKE ATTACHMENT Filed July 5, 1924 Patented May 22, 1928.

UNITED STATES 1,670,818 PATENT OFFICE.

LOCKSLEY DONALD CHARLES MQ EIL or ROBLIN, MANITOBA, CANADA.

NECK-YOKE ATTACHMENT. 1

Application filed July 5, 1924.' Serial No. 724,503..

The invention relates to improvementsin neck yoke attachments and .an object of the invention is to provide a device whichcan be manufactured at comparatively small cost and which can be easily attached to the neck yoke and can be used with existing wagon tongues or poles and which operates to permit freedom of movement of the draft animals to prevent the forward end of the tongue from dropping down and also to prevent the lines from getting caught on the forward end of the tongue.

With the above object in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device when it is attached to the tongue.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailed longitudinal vertical sectional view centrally through the device.

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross sectional view at 3-3 Figure 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the sleeve.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The tongue 1 of the vehicle, is of the ordinary form and in the present instance has the forward end thereof fitted with a metal sheath 2 instead of the usual fitting. It is not necessary, however, to use the heath as it is simply a protection for the end of the tongue against wear.

The neck yoke 3 which I provide, is of the usual length, but it can he made very much lighter than the neck yokes customarily used as it takes virtually no strain when working. The ends of the neck yoke are fitted with the customary rings 4 and 5 which receive the neck yoke straps 6 and 7 andthe martingales 8 and 9 loop around the end of the neck yoke in the customary manner. A wearing plate or bar 10 is se cured centrally to the top side of the neck yoke.

A sleeve or socket 11 is provided, the

socket having the front end closed as indicated at 12 and the rear end open to receive the forward end of the tongue. The socket or sleeve can have portions, indicated at 13, cut away to reduce the weight of the same. The forward end of the tongue but-ts against the closed end-12 of the sleeve and it is to be here. explained that the sleeve simply slides on to the end of the tongue. The rear end of the sleeve is provided at the top side with a rearward extension 14 formed integrally therewith and being somewhat thicker than the rest of the sleeve. An inverted T-shaped slot 15 extends lengthwise of the extension and receives slidably a pivot pin '16' which has the lower end formed into a head 17 and the upper end attached swivelly to a collar 18 which is slidably carried by the neck yoke.

The construction provided prevents the pin from pulling away from the sleeve and allows the pin to slide within the slot to accommodate the movement of the neck yoke as later described. The plate 10 protects the upper face of the neck yoke as the collar 18 rides the plate.

The forwardend of the sleeve or socket is supplied with a pair of side eyes 19 and 20 and similar pulling rods 21 and '22 are provided. these having their inner ends connected to the eyes and their outer ends fas tened by eye bolts 23 and 24 to the ends of the neck yoke.

-According to the above arrangement it will be seen that when the tongue is inserted in the sleeve and the draft animals are hitched, there will be no strain on the neck yokeas the pull of the draft animals applied on the ends of the neck through the straps, such as occurs when backing, is directly transmitted through the rods 21 and 22to the forward end of the tongue. According 1y there is no possibility of the neck yoke being broken and the structure permits of a comparatively light neck yoke being used. Further the draft animals are permitted free movement as the neck yoke can slide in the collar 18 and the collar can swivel and s also slide forwardly and backwardly in the slot 15 to accommodate the movement of the neck yoke.

To explain this it is remarked that one draft animal sometimes gets ahead of the other when pulling and also when turning and the arrangement provided allows the neck yoke to accommodate such a condition.

As the sleeve is comparatively long there is practically no possibiltiy of the forward end of the tongue withdrawing from the sleeve and dropping down on to the ground as at the present time occurs where rings are used. Further the rods 20 and 21 positively prevent any possibility of the lines getting caught underneath the forward end of the tongue.

Whilst I have entered into a detailed description of the various parts, it will readily be understood that various modifications may be made in the structuraldetails without departing from the spirit of the inven tion as set forth in the accompanying claims. What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination with a neck yoke, of a tongue receiving socket centrally underlying the neck yoke said socket having the forward end closed and the rear end open, forwardly converging pulling members having their outer ends permanently connected tothe outer ends of the neck yoke and their inner ends permanently fastened to the forward end of the socket and a collar endwise slidable on the central part of the neck yoke and .swivelly and slidably attached to the upper side of. the socket.

2. The combination with a neck yoke, of a tongue receiving socket ,centrallynnderlying the neck yoke and hav'ingthe forward end closed and the rear end open and provided at the upper side and at the rear end with a .ilengthwise extending inverted T- shaped slot, a collar endwise slidable on the central portion ofthe neck yoke, a pivot pin attached to the underside of the collarand slidably 1nounted ion-the slot and forwardly converging pulling rods having their outer ends .pern'ianent'ly connected to the forward end of the socket.v l I n Signed at Roblin, Man, this '5th day of Jannary, 1924. u -v Y LOCKSLEY DGNALD CHARLES Mc'iiiiihh. 

